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* 17 May 2010 - '''[[LGBT rights in Portugal]]''' President Aníbal Cavaco Silva ratifies [[Same-sex marriage in Portugal|same-sex marriage legislation in Portugal]], making it the sixth country in Europe to allow same-sex marriages.<ref>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ik3aX3N0ru0tZv_wqU87GX6lm4lwD9FOPSSO0</ref> |
* 17 May 2010 - '''[[LGBT rights in Portugal]]''' - President Aníbal Cavaco Silva ratifies [[Same-sex marriage in Portugal|same-sex marriage legislation in Portugal]], making it the sixth country in Europe to allow same-sex marriages.<ref>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ik3aX3N0ru0tZv_wqU87GX6lm4lwD9FOPSSO0</ref> |
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*29 April 2010 - '''[[LGBT rights in Hawaii]]''' - The Hawaii State Legislature passed the Civil Unions Bill (HB444) in a last hour vote before adjourning for the 2010 Legislative Session. The vote was 31-20. <ref>[http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100429/BREAKING01/100429069/Civil-unions+bill+revived+in+Hawaii/]<ref> |
*29 April 2010 - '''[[LGBT rights in Hawaii]]''' - The Hawaii State Legislature passed the Civil Unions Bill (HB444) in a last hour vote before adjourning for the 2010 Legislative Session. The vote was 31-20. <ref>[http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100429/BREAKING01/100429069/Civil-unions+bill+revived+in+Hawaii/]<ref> |
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*14 March 2010 - '''[[LGBT rights in Mexico]]''' - Judith Vazquez and Lol Kin Castaneda become the first same-sex couple to legally marry in '''''[[Mexico City]]''''' after legislation allowing for same-sex marriage passes.<ref>[http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/03/12/first-gay-marriages-for-mexico-city/]</ref> |
*14 March 2010 - '''[[LGBT rights in Mexico]]''' - Judith Vazquez and Lol Kin Castaneda become the first same-sex couple to legally marry in '''''[[Mexico City]]''''' after legislation allowing for same-sex marriage passes.<ref>[http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/03/12/first-gay-marriages-for-mexico-city/]</ref> |
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- The following are current events items which currently appear on the Portal:LGBT main page.
- Please archive older items to Portal:LGBT/Current events/Archive as needed.
- 17 May 2010 - LGBT rights in Portugal - President Aníbal Cavaco Silva ratifies same-sex marriage legislation in Portugal, making it the sixth country in Europe to allow same-sex marriages.[1]
- 29 April 2010 - LGBT rights in Hawaii - The Hawaii State Legislature passed the Civil Unions Bill (HB444) in a last hour vote before adjourning for the 2010 Legislative Session. The vote was 31-20. Cite error: A
<ref>tag is missing the closing</ref>(see the help page).
- 13 March 2010 - LGBT rights in Australia - New South Wales makes gender history by becoming the first place in the world to recognise 'non-specified' genders. [2]
- 15 February 2010 - France becomes the first country in the world to declassify transgenderism as a mental illness.[3]
- 1 Februray 2010 - LGBT rights in Fiji - Fiji decriminalizes male homosexuality and sodomy.[4]
- 11 January 2010 - Perry v. Schwarzenegger, a case which will decide whether California's 2008 proposition that banned same-sex marriage violated the the Equal Protection Clause of the federal constitution, begins in San Francisco.
- 8 January 2010 - LGBT rights in Portugal - Portugal's parliament votes to allow same-sex marriage, making it the 6th European country to allow it. The law is expected to come into effect sometime in April.[5]
- 7 January 2010 - A bill which would have allowed same-sex marriage in the U.S state of New Jersey fails. 14 voted for the bill, and 20 voted against it.[6]
- 1 January 2010 - LGBT rights in Austria - In Austria, same-sex couples are granted registered partnerships. [7]
- 22 December 2009 - LGBT rights in Uganda - In the ongoing debate regarding Uganda and the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill (which would see the death penalty introduced to homosexuals), President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, says he may veto it.[8] The bill has gained wide-spread media attention, as well as being massively condemned by the European Parliament[9], France[10], the USA[11], numerous other countries and the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.[12]
- 21 December 2009 - In an unexpected move Mexico City's Legislative Assembly legalizes same-sex marriage. (BBC)
- 16 December 2009 - The extreme-right group British National Front is accused of placing homophobic stickers around the Canal Street area of Manchester.[13]
- 15 December 2009 - LGBT rights in Sweden - According to the National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden, the permanent ban on blood donation for gay men will be removed from March 1, 2010. Men who have sex with men will be allowed to donate blood, but only if they have been sexually inactive in the past year. This as the cases of HIV among gay Swedes have been raised, but slightly been fewer in 2009.[14]
- 13 December 2009 - Democrat Annise Parker is elected Mayor of Houston, Texas, making it the largest US city to elect an openly gay mayor. (BBC) [15]
Notes
- ^ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ik3aX3N0ru0tZv_wqU87GX6lm4lwD9FOPSSO0
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- ^ [2]
- ^ [3]
- ^ [4]
- ^ [5]
- ^ Standard:First homosexual partners married (german)
- ^ [6]
- ^ [7]
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- ^ [9]
- ^ []http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/10812
- ^ [10]
- ^ Sweden to end ban on gay blood donors
- ^ (New York Times)